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Many people look back on Jan. 11, 1964, as a pivotal date in their lives. On that day U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry warned about the deadly dangers of tobacco in a blockbuster report. Frightened smokers promptly resolved to give up the habit; some scared souls stubbed out cigarettes on the spot. Last week the Federal Government marked the 25th anniversary of that first alarm with a new Surgeon General's report that charts the progress in the war against tobacco. The past quarter-century has seen "a revolution in smoking behavior," declared C. Everett Koop, the current Surgeon General...
...most disturbing news in the 679-page report was the assertion that smoking has exacted a heavier toll in death and disease than had previously been thought. Among the findings...
...While the incidence of lung cancer has been leveling off for men, it has been rising among women. The report cites the American Cancer Society's estimate that lung cancer has surpassed breast malignancies as the second leading cause of death among women. "Women took up smoking in large numbers about three decades after men did so," explained Koop. "We can envision the catastrophic epidemic of lung cancer that is likely to occur among women in the coming years...
...tobacco industry, used to harsh reports from the Surgeon General, tried to blunt the latest attack with newspaper ads saying that "enough is enough." Said Brennan Dawson, a spokeswoman for the Tobacco Institute: "The report represents an escalation in the antismoking campaign." Surgeon General Koop certainly hopes so. His stated goal is to make the U.S. a "smoke-free society by the year...
Bitsis said Lloyd and a passenger on his motorcycle sped past a police officer, who gave chase. Then the motorcycle headed down a street where another officer, William Luzano, was taking a report from a crime victim...